Malcolm Gladwell
Author of Blink and The Tipping Point

Patrick Lencioni is the founder and president of The Table Group, a specialized management consulting firm specializing in executive team development and organizational health. He has been described by the One-Minute Manager’s Ken Blanchard as “fast defining the next generation of business thinkers.”

Lencioni’s passion for organizations and teams is reflected in his writing, speaking, and consulting.  He is the author of five business books, including The Five Dysfunctions of a Team, which continues to be highlighted on The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Business Week, and USA Today.

His other successes include Death by Meeting, The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive, The Five Temptations of a CEO, Silos, Politics, and Turf Wars, and most recently, The Three Signs of a Miserable Job, released in August, 2007.

Lencioni’s work has also been featured in the media with appearances on Fox News, ESPN, and CNBC. In addition, he’s been published in the Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, INC. Magazine, USA Today, Entrepreneur and The Harvard Business Review.

When Lencioni is not writing, he consults executives and speaks to world class organizations. He has addressed audiences as large as 100,000 people. Notable clients who have engaged his services include Southwest Airlines, New York Life, Microsoft, the 82nd Airborne Division, Charles Schwab, Genentech, Staples, Hilton Hotels, HSM Group, the U.S. Military Academy, West Point and FedEx.

Kay Koplovitz is the founder of USA Network and the first woman network president in television history. A pioneer in cable television networks and new media ventures, she is a visionary woman who led the emergence of cable television to challenge the broadcast networks for coveted audiences. She continues to be a leader in raising venture capital for women entrepreneurs and in launching new programming companies that challenge the frontiers of the digital age. She is the author of, Bold Women, Big Ideas, which she wrote to inform and inspire women entrepreneurs to create wealth through equity. Koplovitz speaks on subjects ranging from media and the digital revolution, to venture and private equity and corporate governance. She presently serves as Chairman of the Board, Liz Claiborne Inc.

Among her recent accomplishments, Koplovitz co-created Springboard Enterprises, a national organization that fosters venture capital investments in women-led high growth companies. In its first six years, Springboard has presented 350 companies that have raised $3.7 billion in new capital. She also co-founded Boldcap Ventures, a venture capital fund backed exclusively by leading women executives. Boldcap invests principally in early to mid stage companies in the media, technology, and healthcare sectors. Always advancing professional women, Koplovitz co-founded The Directors’ Council, a search firm founded to fulfill the need for independent and qualified director candidates. Koplovitz counts among her accomplishments the Presidential appointment as Chair of National Women’s Business Council (1998-2001).

Koplovitz is the Principal at Koplovitz & Company, which provides advisory services to entertainment companies, sports organizations, advertisers and distributors and advises companies on growth strategies. The firm makes investments in early and mid-stage companies in media, technology and related sectors.